KUALA LUMPUR: Jalan Chow Kit has become famous for all the wrong reasons. It's now known for prostitution, a hangout for drug pushers and addicts and for petty crime and muggings.

KUALA LUMPUR: While business owners and merchants in the area welcome a cleaner and brighter Jalan Chow Kit, non-governmental organisations fear their outreach programmes for sex workers and drug…

KUALA LUMPUR: Jalan Chow Kit gets its name from a tin miner of the 1890s -- Loke Chow Kit.